Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-29
THE H-CLARK ADDRESS.

THE FINCH CLARK ADDRESS,.
THE GAZETTE has been requested to
print Mr.. George Clark's card, calling
upon Mr.. Finch to deny that the latter
issued the address which Mr.. Clark ad-
ded head lines TO and then had printed,
as amended by himself, for use in defeat
ing prohibition in Texas. THE GAZETTE,
In this place, prints all these various pub
locations consecutively. As Mr.. Finch
wrote the address it read SIS follows:
HEADQUARTERS NATIoNAL PEOHIBTIoN
PARTY.
The political campaign Of lss7 opens the
presidential battle OF ISIS. The prohibition
lines must advance in every state Prohioi-
tlonists are urged to prepare for the struggle.
! Hold county and state conventions
early. Place candidates IN the Id before the
liquor parties. hold their conventions los
Will give time for a long and thorough canvass,
and enable the prohibition leaders TO choose
the battlefield in every state.
, Nominate candidates for every cleo
tive cHice which Is TO he filed Il. the election.
10 not endorse or support the candidates Of
the liguor parties Nominate political enemiet
of the drunkard makers, and work 70 eleci
them,
g. Work increasingly to increa.e II
circulation of The party paper'. support I'D I
orally our national and state papers, and in al
places where It can be done, establish q local
paper devoted to the party's interest in every
county in The nited Nta'es.
a. Dc not be in Undated by the cries OF the
high license tools Of the brewers. Their cries
that the Prohlbiti0nlsts are ia alliance with
Oh odd FL nf ~ inT
who cries stop thief" to call attention from
himself. The future will prove that the high
license advocates are working in the interest of
the brewers, b5er saloons aud sunday liquor
selling. High license IS not an experiment 1t
has been triet ana It's history proves Thar 1t
does not decrease the number Of places where
liquor Is sold II does not decrease drunken
ness or the evils resulting from the use OF
alcoholic stImulants, It does Increase gamb-
ling, It does Increase prOsttutoni Il does in
crease the aduItcratiOn of liquors. The liquor
traffic Is a crime. To license a crime Is TO be
come parti-eps cdminis. \ partaker IS as
bad as a thief. To take license money from
the crunkard maker makes the COVE. nment
that takes and the citizen VINO adrOca! S the
taking as lad as the drUnkard maker
PTohibItionists are opposed 10 license in amy
form. and they viii work to defeat every man
and every party that seeks to perpetuate
drunkard- making by license.
The recent revival Of the hiRh liCcT Sc fraud
is political trick TO tide a bankruDt political
party over ISIS. These parties } ad power to
adopt high license years ago They did not do
because they feared the liquor vote ls-4 . 8
proved that the proniOitiOni5,s held the balance
Of power Ia the presidential election, and now
this cowardly compromise IS introduced to
hold disconnected temperance men In old party
ranks
Prohib!doulsts should work as never before
to convert voters, circulate papers and get
ready for Is,- There must be no trades, no
deals , bargains. The batte-cry f.. "Ihe
alcoholic drink traffic must Be destroyed"
JOHN b. F.NCH.
Chairman National com. Prohibition Party.
As Mr.. Clark had the address prln ted
for use III Teras, it read as above, but
was dated Jg1y /, 1851, and had the
following head lines, which converted
the address into a special appeal to
Terms and into special attack on the
T r7> Democracy. These are the head
lines to the above address which were
added by Nj Clark's edition of it:
PROUIEITIOEIsTs OF TENA~,